Chapter 601

It was late at night in New York, overcast and dark.

The New York office of the FBI was brightly lit.

The door to the interrogation room opened and Filippo Carter was escorted in, looking disheveled and hunched over, as if drained of energy.

Luke walks into the interrogation room with two sandwiches and coffee, and Amir has a burger and coffee in his hand as well.

Luke sat down at the interrogation table and said breathlessly to Filippo Carter, “Want a sandwich? There’s a tuna one and a beef one.”

“No, thanks.” Filippo Carter pursed his lips and still refused.

Luke quickly finished both sandwiches and took a few sips of coffee to smooth it out, while Amir finished eating as well, and the two formally began their interrogation.

Luke flipped through the information, “What’s your name?”

“Filippo Carter.”

“Do you know why we brought you here?”

“Is it because of the murder of Grace Bloomberg?”

“Yes, someone identified you as having been at the scene of the crime.”

“Who identified me?”

“That doesn’t matter.

I want to hear you answer personally, were you present at the scene when Grace Blumberg was killed?”

“I was indeed near the scene, but I had nothing to do with Grace’s death.

I swear to God.”

Luke yawned, he hadn’t slept well last night and was already a little sleepy after a busy day, “I’ve seen too many suspects who swear to God, but that doesn’t stop them from committing crimes.

So, I want to know everything that happened that night, and don’t ever hide it so I can help you.”

Filippo Carter’s eyes went red, “Are you really going to take my word for it?”

“If you have a valid reason for being there, we have no reason not to believe it.”

Filippo Carter clasped his right hand over his mouth and pinched his nose again, looking a little rattled, “I’m an employee of the Venus Club, and Grace is a VIP client of the Venus Club and the person I serve.

On the night of October 3rd, I got a call from my boss ……”

Amir interrupted, “Who is this boss you speak of?”

“Mia Carioca.”

“Go on.”

“Mia Carioca told me that Grace and her husband had a fight and she was in a bad mood and asked me to go and calm her down.

I arrived at the appointed place, at the foot of Mount Moster.

Grace also arrived in her red Porsche convertible, and then I rode in her car halfway up the hill.

I asked her what had happened and why she was upset.

She said that she had a big fight with her husband. As for the content of the fight, she refused to say, and I knew that all these big people have secrets, and it would not do me any good to know too much about it, so I didn’t ask.

Just said some comforting words to cheer her up.

Then, she kissed me.

We had sex naturally ……

Afterward, she calmed down and said she was worried about being seen by other people, so she told me to leave on my own.” Filippo Carter shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, “It was halfway up the mountain and I didn’t have a car, so I was really a bit helpless at that moment, but I had no choice, I put on my pants and went down the road.

At that time, I felt like a mess, like a tool that had been used up and thrown straight into the trash.

I walked along the road downhill for a long time, but there were no cars at all, and even if there were, no strangers would give me a ride in the middle of the night, and there was still a long way to go downhill.

So, I decided to go back the way I came and take Grace’s car down the hill.

After that, I saw a terrible scene.” Filippo Carter scratched his hair with his hand and continued to recall.

“After I returned along the original road, I found that the red Porsche sports car was still there, and at first I was quite happy, thinking about how to talk Grace into letting her take me down the mountain.

However, as I got closer, I realized something was wrong.

I spotted a stranger next to the red Porsche sports car, the person was dressed in all black, wearing a mask, and was covered in red blood, which stung under the headlights.

I was so shocked that my legs went weak, I couldn’t run even if I wanted to, so I simply fell on the ground.

Fortunately, the place where I was in the light is relatively dark, the other party did not see me.

Then, I saw the man in black clothes pick up a travel bag from the ground and walk in the direction of the upper mountain.

I crawled into the grass by the side of the road, still not daring to go over.

After another moment, a car drove down the mountain road.

I suspected that the car was probably driven by the murderer, but I didn’t dare to look at it for fear that the other side would find me, and it wasn’t until the car drove past that I saw it was a black sedan.

The car drove fast and disappeared in one turn.

After that, it was another long time before I calmed down and walked over to the Porsche sports car to check it out.

I almost peed myself.

Grace was lying on the ground, covered in blood, both of her arms had been cut off, and her features were hideous and horrific, it was horrible.

I still can’t forget that scene.

That’s why I ran to another client’s house to borrow a room, partly because I had no place to hide, and partly because I didn’t dare to sleep alone.

All I have to do is close my eyes and I think of that horrible scene.

I shouldn’t have gone that night. ……”

Luke asked, “Why didn’t you call the police if you found Grace Blumberg’s body?”

“I was terrified and totally panicked.

The first thing I thought of was Mia Carioca and then I called her to tell her.

She was the one who told me not to call the police and said that Grace was a big deal and that her death would affect the club’s business.

Besides, if the police couldn’t catch the murderer, they’d probably take me for the crime.

I was told to leave the scene of the crime and go hide somewhere else, and said that I would be paid as usual and come back to work at the club after a while.”

Luke confirmed, “Was it really Mia Carioca who stopped you from calling the police?”

“I swear, I’m telling the truth.”

Luke looked serious, “But it was you who made the final decision.

If you had called the police then, things would have been easier, not like they are now.”

“I’m sorry, I was terrified.

I was also worried that the police wouldn’t believe me.”

Amir questioned, “Why are you afraid of something you didn’t do?”

“I had sex with Grace and I know her husband is the mayor of New York.

If this gets out to him.

I ……

He’s not going to leave me alone for sure.”

Amir bristled, “Not many of those rich people are clean, many of them are superficial couples, each playing their own game.

I think Grace Bloomberg’s husband should have known about it a long time ago.”

“I understand what you mean, Grace also said that her husband also has women outside and doesn’t care much about her.

But it’s one thing to know in your heart.

It’s another thing to expose it to the public.

If word gets out about Grace and me, the mayor of New York will be a laughingstock, and the whole world will make it the talk of the party.

You think he’ll leave me alone?

I’m dead.”

“We found a bloody footprint at the scene, was it yours?”

“Yes, I was so panicked that I accidentally stepped on the blood.”

“Forensics found genetic material in the deceased Grace, is it yours?”

“Yes, we used to use condoms, but Grace wasn’t in the best of moods that night, very frantic.”

Luke pressed, “Why was Grace fighting with her husband?”

Phillipo Carter shook his head, “I really don’t know.”

Luke rubbed his chin, “Filippo, things are going badly for you right now.

We need your assistance to provide some valuable clues so that we can catch the suspect as soon as possible.”

Filippo Carter gulped, “What will happen to me if I can’t catch the suspect?”

Luke said, “Don’t think too much now, as long as you catch the murderer, you will naturally be able to prove your innocence.”

Filippo Carter’s eyes were red and his hands were trembling, “It’s impossible for me not to think too much, I …… I’m really innocent.”

“Look, I believe you.

I know you’re not a murderer.

But we need a direction for our investigation now so we can find the real killer.” Luke comforted, “Man, you should believe me too.

Recall the details of that night well, especially the clues about the murderer, physical features, mask, murder weapon, etc.”

Filippo Carter nodded his head hastily, “Thanks, I’ll think about it.” He took a deep breath and recalled, “It was dark that night, the only light was the headlights.

The man was dressed in black, the exact style was hard to see, he looked like a man by his build and his mask was also black with red symbols drawn on it.”

Amir interrupted, “What kind of symbol?”

“A circular symbol, not just a circle, I’m not sure how to describe it?”

Amir rummaged through the pile of information and found a picture, “Is that the symbol?”

Filippo Carter nodded, “It seems to be.”

Amir whispered into Luke’s ear, “That’s the style of mask that Bloody Mike was wearing when he committed the crime in the first place.”

Luke nodded, “Do you remember any other features of the killer? Like the hairstyle, the color.”

Filippo Carter shook his head, “It was too far away and the light was bad, that’s all I could see.”

“What time did you see the killer?”

“Around ten o’clock at night.”

“You carefully recall the black sedan the suspected killer was driving.”

Filippo Carter pinched his forehead, “The car was black, I couldn’t make out the exact decals, but the car didn’t have a license plate, either that or it was blocking the plate, at least I didn’t see it.”

Luke memorized the car’s features and pressed, “Can you tell what kind of car it was?”

“Sorry, I can’t tell.”

Amir pulled out a tablet and clicked a few times, “The FBI database has all the styles and types of cars, so you can see which of these cars is more similar.”

Filippo Carter took the tablet and carefully examined it, and after a long time, pointed to a black Lexus sedan, “This model is very similar.”

Through Filippo Carter’s description, Luke quickly locked in the tracking target, the murderer was suspected to be male, driving a black Lexus sedan with a covered or no license plate, and driving from the hillside of Moster Mountain down the mountain at around ten o’clock in the evening.